WHETHER or not Jersey will have an additional bank holiday on 8 May 2020 is due to be decided in this week’s States sitting.
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More than 50 teaching posts across the Island vacant this summer
A ‘COCKTAIL of factors’ have played a part in Jersey’s schools being left ‘with more than 50’ teaching vacancies as children return to school.
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Plans for free bus travel rejected by politicians
PROPOSALS to make bus travel free for all Islanders have been rejected after a lengthy States debate.
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Health report highlights 16 ‘targets for improvement’
LONG stays at the Emergency Department, outpatient and elective-surgery waiting times and access to mental-health services are concerns highlighted in a new Health performance report.
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States must avoid ‘political point-scoring’ in new-hospital project
THE entire States Assembly will have to work together and avoid ‘political point-scoring’ to deliver a new hospital, the Chief Minister has said.
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Patients waiting weeks for hospital release
SOME hospital patients are waiting up to four weeks to be discharged – despite being medically cleared to leave – partly because of a lack of home-care packages, a Scrutiny panel has heard.
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Report highlights concern within mental health, maternity services and elective surgeries – but notes improvement elsewhere
A PERFORMANCE report into the Health Department has been released outlining areas of concern within mental health, maternity services and elective surgeries.
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‘I struggle every day’ – Leeds’ Stevie Ward retires aged 27 due to concussions
The loose forward has called on the sport to become more proactive in how it protects players.
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Forget electric cars, cycling is the answer, says Constable
JERSEY needs to be more like Holland when it comes to safer cycling and more money should be invested in making the Island bike-friendly, the Constable of St Helier has said.
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Gareth Bale’s hat-trick snatches Wales victory in Belarus
The Real Madrid forward had not scored for his country since October 2019.
